Fri, Mar 12
|7:00 PM
Carmel Music Society Stage 2 presents the Poiesis Quartet
Witness for yourself why these young musicians have captured first prize in every major string quartet competition around the world in recent years.
Time & Location
Mar 12, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
7:00 PM, 440 Ortiz Ave, Sand City, CA 93955, USA
About the Event
Celebrated for their "multifaceted artistry" and "brilliantly idiomatic" programming (New York Times), the Poiesis Quartet is the winner of the 2026 Cleveland Quartet Award and the First Prize and Commission Prize recipients of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition. In 2023, they were also named the Grand Prize and Lift Every Voice Prize winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, as well as Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize winners at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. In May 2024, Poiesis joined the Concert Artists Guild roster for North American management as winners of the Louis and Susan Meisel Competition.
Derived from ancient Greek (ποιεῖν), the word Poiesis means “to make”; specifically, to create something that has never existed before. With a focus on expanding the string quartet repertoire with vibrant new works by emerging composers, the Poiesis Quartet infuses each performance with unique moments of synchronicity and verve.…